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Socratic Humility

Glenn Rawson on humility versus arrogance in the Socratic method of philosophy.

“Gentlemen of Athens, I am far from making a defence now on my own behalf, as you might think, but on yours: lest you do wrong to god’s gift to you by condemning me. For if you kill me you will not easily find another like me.
“What’s likely, gentlemen, is that in reality it’s the god who is wise, and that in this oracle he is saying that human wisdom is worth little or nothing ...

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